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I don't know if I liked this or not. I absolutely loved parts, felt touched by others and hated some of it. This is an adaption of a British book about rabbits, but being the 60s, even if meant for children, it features political and religious themes, violence, death, intrigue and is influenced by Campbell's and Jung's ideas of the hero's journey. I found it fascinating that this film exists. Imagine now trying to sell something like that to studios. The world was a terrifying and wonderful place 50 years ago. It is more and more important to be exposed to the different eras of the human cinematic culture, lest we start believing that the way it is now is what has to be and that everything else cannot be imagined.

Anyway, I think that you can't fully understand the film without having read the book - which I haven't - so this is my biggest peeve with it. But the rest was quite amazing: a fully built world of rabbits with their own language, culture, society, enforcement and religion. Then there was the weird animation, every frame manually drawn, the weird British narration/acting which was quite unusual.

You leave the film with the impression you've seen something fresh and magical, but also that you probably missed something. I looked it up, it's not a Biblical allegory, nor a ripoff of the Odyssey, it's just a story told by a former military man to his daughters while driving, inspired by some of the things he's seen in the war.

Bottom line: perhaps not the most entertaining or well crafted film in the world, but something that has to be experienced.